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ANALYSIS: The major parties are helping create a generation of swing voters

This election campaign could matter more than any in recent history for one important reason – according to polls more Australians than ever before are unsure of who to vote for. 
Rebecca Huntley

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Government and Politics

Rainfall that doesn't match the forecast angers communities

As communities in Queensland reel from yet another round of devastating rain and floods, which caught people by surprise, it prompts the question: Is forecasting extreme rainfall getting harder?
Group of sheep surrounded by floodwaters

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Weather

ANALYSIS: Australia is the anti-America when it comes to polarisation

If you feel this is the most 'meh' election you've witnessed, you are not alone. New research shows Australian voters are not deeply polarised or highly enthusiastic; instead, they are both uncertain and ambivalent. 
A composite image of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Elections

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Coalition commits extraordinary about-face on 'end' to work from home

A Coalition promise to send public servants back to the office has been jettisoned, and plans to cut 41,000 Commonwealth jobs walked back significantly, in a mid-campaign backflip.
Peter Dutton Speech

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Public Sector

Alarm bells start to ring for Dutton's campaign after Trump's tariff rampage

The Trump effect is becoming a vicious political accelerant. While he might be the left's worst nightmare, the US president may cause the most damage to the right.
Peter Dutton talking

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Elections

Chinese-Australian voters reveal key issues ahead of federal election

Two of Australia's marginal seats may have become "more marginal" after the recent redrawing of boundaries. The ABC visited the electorates ahead of the federal election to find out what issues some of those voters cared most about.
A family portrait of mum, dad and a kid taken on a street with houses in the background.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Elections

'The message is being received': Anger over politicians at prayers boils over

It's not unusual for a federal election campaign to overlap with Eid al-Fitr, one of the most important days in the Muslim calendar. It is the absence of many senior politicians at traditional community events that raises eyebrows. 
A man opens his mouth wide as he hands out bags to two kids, surrounded by media

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Multiculturalism

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